Gu Cheng (1956- 1993), male, originally from Shanghai, was born in Beijing in September, 1996. 1969 was assigned to the farm in northeast Shandong with his father, and 1974 returned to Beijing. Worked as a porter, sawworker, seconded editor, etc. He began to write poetry during the Cultural Revolution, and 1973 began to learn painting and entered the stage of writing social works. From 1974, his works were published in Beijing Literature and Art, Shandong Literature and Art, Youth Literature and Art, etc. From 1977, he returned to pure writing. After his poems were published in Dandelion Tabloid, they caused strong repercussions and great controversy in the poetry circle and became the main representative of the misty poetry school. At the beginning of 1980, my unit disintegrated and became unemployed, and since then I have lived a wandering life. 65438-0985 Join the Chinese Writers Association. 1987 was invited to visit Europe and America for cultural exchanges and lectures. 1988 went to New Zealand to teach China classical literature, and was employed as a researcher in the Department of Asian Languages, University of Auckland. After his resignation, he lived in seclusion on Rapids Island. 1992 won the German DAAD Creative Annuity, written in Germany. 1993 10 committed suicide after allegedly seriously injuring his wife Xie Ye on the island where New Zealand lived. Xie Ye died a few hours after her death. Since then, rumors have prevailed and have continued to this day. He left a large number of poems, essays, calligraphy, paintings and other works. 1992 obtained the German DAAD creation annuity. 1993 won the Bohr Creative Fund and wrote in Germany. 65438+1returned to China to visit relatives in March, 1993. When the tragedy happened, the couple had just returned to New Zealand from Germany. His works mainly include Black Eyes (published by People's Literature Publishing House 1986), Yingzi (published by Beijing Huayi Publishing House 1994 1 month, co-authored with Xie Hua) and Lingtai Du Yu (published by Dunhuang Literature and Art Publishing House1March 1994). Another book of poetry, Where Life Stops, the Soul is Advancing, consists of poems such as City, Ghosts Entering the City, From Self to Nature, and I Without a Purpose. The novel Yinger was written by the poet and his wife Remy (Xie Ye) before his death.
Gu Cheng is the main author of the misty poetry school, and he has written poems such as Moon in the daytime, Selected Lyrics of Shu Ting Gu Cheng, Lonely Song of the North, Iron Bell, Black Eyes, Poems of Gu Cheng in the North Island, Poems of Fairy Tales and Fables of Gu Cheng, and New Poems of Gu Cheng, etc. After his death, his father Gu Gong edited and published The Complete Works of Gu Cheng.